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Patented Mar. 1, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT .oFFicE .2,109,480V coPY HOLDER s l Joseph Arthur Gottlieb, Los Angeles, Calif. lApplication April so, 1936, serial No'. 77,255

1 4 claims.V (c1.Y 12o-:34)

This invention relates to improvements in line indicating devices and has particular reference to a device upon which written or printed matter may be supported in such a manner that a marker will move thereover in a step by step manner.

A further object is to produce a device of this character which is economical to manufacture, easy to operate, and portable.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

are employed to designate like parts throughout the sam'e,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my device having a portion thereof broken away;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary detailed view of the ratchet mechanism;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of my device folded;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary detailed view of the sheet holding clamp; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the book holding support.

matter copied upon the typewriter sheets.

I have, therefore, devised a mechanism which In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates a base plate having upstanding standards to the bottom section is a top section 9,

at Il, and springs l2, offset from the hinges Il, maintain the upper and lower sections either in the position of Fig. 1 or in the position of Fig. 4. Carried upon the upper end of the top section is anv offset sheet holding rod I3 actuated bly-la handle I4 and having its offset portion held against the sheet by a spring l 6. A sheet holding clamp I1 is also carried upon the upper section 9 and is normally held by a spring l 8 in the full line position of Fig. 5.

In order to hold books other than notebooks, I employ a hanger I9 (see Fig. 6). The position this hanger assumes when in use is shown in full lines in Fig. 3. The numeral 2| designates an indicator carried upon the block 22, which block is pivoted through parallel arms 23 to a slider 24. A spring 26 tends to keep the marker and its block in the full line position of Fig. l; or if moved to the dotted line position of this ligure, the spring tends to keep the marker against matter being copied, irrespective of its thickness. The slider 24 travels in a track 21 and has a cable which cable passes downwardly through the track under a over a driving pulley 3|, thence wardly in its track, and in order to rotate the driving pulley 3|, I employ a ratchet 31 which is engaged by a dog 38 carried upon a lever 39. This lever is pivoted as at 4l and has its end 42 connected by a spring 43 to a supporting member 44. This supporting member 44 is slidable on a pivoted brace 46, hinged as at 41 to the base 5. A stop 48 is slidable upon the lever 39 and may be moved into engagement with either the abutment 49 These abutments determine Whether the driving wheel 3| moves a distance suflicient to move the indicator one or two spaces. wheel 52 enables the user to return the indicator upwardly in a rapid manner, the dog 38 only engaging the teeth of the ratchet on the downward movement of the lever 39. When the device is folded, as shown in Fig. 4, the same takes up a relatively small space and may be easily transported from' place to place.

It will thus be seen that I have produced a device which will accommodate sheets, papers, notebooks, or thick-bound volumes with equal facility.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the materiaLsize, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to Without departing from the: spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:- 1. In a copy holder having a bottom section and a top section hingedly carried by the bottom Y section, of means remote to said sections for moving an indicator over said sections, saidV means including a cable connected to said indi'- cator, and a lever actuated driving pull-ey for moving said cable in a step by step manner.

2. In a copy holder having a bottom section and a top section hingedly carried by the bottom section, of means remote to said sections for moving an indicator over said sections, said means including a cable connected to said indicator, a lever actuated driving pulley for moving said cable in a step by st-ep manner, said indicator being adjustably supported whereby said indicator may be moved away which it is travelling and held parallel thereto.

from the section over 3, In a copy holdei` having a pair of hinged sections, of a track mounted on eacliV of said sections, a slider movable in said tracks, an indicator movably supported on said slider, and remotely operated means for moving said slider and said indicator in a step by step manner.

4. In a copy holder having a pair of hinged sections, of a track mounted on yeach of said sections, a slider mov ble in said tracks, an indicator movably supported on said slider, remotely operated means for moving said slider and said indicator in a step by step manner, said remotely.

operated Ameans including a cable extending through said tracks, one end of the cable being connected to each end of said slider, pulleys positioned at each end of said track over which said cable passes, and a ratchet operated pulley over which said cable is reeved, whereby actuation of said last-mentioned pulley moves said marker over said sections.

JOSEPH ARTHUR GOIWFLDEB.` 

